Dr. Oz Pushed for AI Health Care in First Medicare Agency Town Hall

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the new administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), spent much of his first all-staff meeting on Monday promoting the use of artificial intelligence at the agency and praising Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again Initiative,” sources tell WIRED. During the meeting, Oz discussed possibly prioritizing AI…

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Scientists Claim to Have Brought Back the Dire Wolf

Studying the dire wolf’s genome also allowed the Colossal team to figure out which features distinguished the ancient wolf from its modern relatives. They settled on traits involving size, musculature, hair color, hair texture, hair length, and coat patterning. They then used gene editing to alter the genome of cells from the dire wolf’s closest…

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6 Best Overnight Diapers From Our Tests

The diapers that didn’t make the cut for our recommendations are Pampers Swaddlers Overnights, Millie Moon Disposable Overnight Diapers, Huggies Overnights, and Sposie Overnight Diaper Booster Pads. Most did decently in our dryness tests, so if you use them, your baby’s butt is likely to stay dry once they’ve absorbed all the liquid. But many…

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The Halo BassiNest Flex Portable Bassinet Should Be Recalled

In January 2024, CR reported that the popular Halo BassiNest Flex portable bassinet had a tendency to tilt to one side, rather than remaining flat and level. Consumer Reports’ independent safety tests confirmed what numerous parents had complained about: The sleep surface of this bassinet is not flat when a weight is placed inside. It…

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SteelSeries Apex Pro Mini Gen 3: A Hall Effect 60% Keyboard

Photograph: Henri Robbins Like almost every keyboard today, the Apex Pro Mini has multiple layers of sound-dampening inside the case. This includes a dense foam layer between the plate and PCB, a secondary foam layer underneath the PCB, and a thick piece of silicone filling the bottom of the case. Peeling back the silicone reveals…

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Why You Might Not Actually Need Premium Gas

It’s okay to use regular even if the manufacturer recommends using premium gas. But you should check your owner’s manual before making the switch, and remember that some automakers say premium is required. Wondering about the long-term effects of switching to regular fuel? In short, there’s no harm in using regular fuel in vehicles if premium fuel isn’t…

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How to Clean a Dishwasher

This step is vital for manual-clean filters, which are common on newer machines. These filters eliminate the grinders found in self-cleaning dishwasher filters, which pulverize food scraps and send them down the drain. The manual filter is much quieter, but since its job is to trap food scraps that get washed off dishes, it means…

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